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WILLIAM FRANCIS RIGDON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 11, 1947 – July 6, 1969
Service recordWilliam Francis Rigdon, of Manchester, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 6, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- December 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Manchester, Ohio (Adams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 71
- JOHN DAVID LINDBERGSpecialist Four · July 6, 1969
- RICKIE ALLAN LOOMISPrivate First Class · July 6, 1969
- PATRICK RAY SCOTTLance Corporal · July 6, 1969
- JERRY WAYNE SPEARSCorporal · July 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KURTIS AUREL BERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 68
- LARRY HOWARD JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 70
From Manchester
- JAMES HARRY WOOLARDSpecialist Four · November 3, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.